Position Papers

El Anatsui: Beyond Bottle Caps and Glory

A Review of El Anatsui: The Man, the Myth, the Legend at 80 and Counting (2026) By Chris Uchenna Agbedo, PhD, fnias, mnal. Preamble “Beyond Bottle Caps...

Restructuring Internal Party Democracy: The Farce of Nigerian Primaries and a Blueprint for Reform – The Crisis of Credibility

For decades, the political narrative across Africa has been dominated by a single, unyielding aspiration: the adoption of Western-style democracy. It is a desirable...

The Bastard Fathers of Modern-Day Democracy and Politics in Nigeria

By Paul Okojie Modern democracy in Nigeria was born out of struggle, sacrifice, and blood. Yet, what was envisioned as a government of the people,...

Crimes, Courts And The Media

When the media goes after the accused person, everyone in the defense team becomes the devil’s advocate. They are taunted by the public and forsaken by their friends and their families are made to carry a bag of guilt...

Nigeria – The Nation That No One Loves

As the prices of oil edges to $70 per barrel, we have the capacity to compel America to re-negotiate their national feeling for us, to re-align our options in a calculation that experts have long identified as the next gulf...

The Challenge is Great; The Goal is Clear: Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s Inaugural Speech

This is a historic day for our nation, for it marks an important milestone in our march towards a maturing democracy. For the first time since we cast off the shackles of colonialism almost a half-century ago, we have at last managed an orderly transition from one elected government to another... - Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Technological Advancements threaten the Future of Newspapers

A decade ago, the amount of digital and online publishing driven by profit and consumerism was relatively small. Today, over 80% of all hard copy publications have online and digital versions. Ten years from now, that percentage may rise to 100...

Technological Advancements threaten the Future of Newspapers (2)

A decade ago, the amount of digital and online publishing driven by profit and consumerism was relatively small. Today, over 80% of all hard copy publications have online and digital versions. Ten years from now, that percentage may rise to 100...

Averting Judicial Coup D'etat

The prolonged era of military rule has led to the erosion of confidence in the administration of justice in Nigeria...

The Yahoo Generation and the Triple Tropes of Sleaze

The exemplary writer is a broker in madness because therein lies the powers of the new. And so when a writer accuses the other of being mad, we should ask what is his definition of madness? In the service of what idea is this definition and in whose interest is this idea?

A Chance to Rise and Shine

Many refuse to actively work towards a better Nigeria because they think it is not possible to change anything. The truth of the matter is that most people have never done anything to help Nigeria...

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Environmental Hazards Management: The Role of Stakeholders

The role of individuals, communities and non-governmental organisations as environmental ‘guards’ at local levels should be considered as an important ingredient of our enforcement regime...

Mama…Put!

To the initiated, mechanic workshops and mama-put joints have an everlasting relationship. Food connoisseurs like me would tell you that the best foods in the world are eaten at mechanic workshops, and in such other places where good food does not necessarily have to cost your life...

Disastrous Global Effects of Water Scarcity

Since water covers a vast majority of the Earth,...

Dino Melaye continues to Run from his Shadow

For Dino Melaye, that rambunctious and swash buckling senator...

Charles Taylor, Boko Haram, And The Fire This Time

The same day that the murderer of Monrovia was convicted at The Hague, Nigerians awoke to yet another attack by the dreaded Boko Haram. This time, the group targeted a building in Kaduna that houses three of Nigeria’s major newspapers...

If I were to be the new Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force

First of all, I will thank the almighty God for helping me to reach the highest level of my career and also thank the Presidency and the entire Nigerians for giving me this opportunity to serve as the 16th Inspector-General of Police of the most populous black nation of the world...

For A Free, Fair and Peaceful 2015 Polls in Nigeria

Between February 14th and 28th, 2015, the Federal Republic...

Audu Ogbeh: Seeking The Mercy of The Battered

Why would Ogbeh, a man who claims he cares for the nation, boldly deliberate and chair a committee that divides and donate the presidency of the nation to the North and South-West? If the rule of law is to be truly applied in Nigeria, Ogbeh should be in jail for his diseased and inhibitory actions glazed by his corruptive acts...

Defining Fundamentalism

With  the current and past political challenges in Nigeria, a more Nigerian model of terrorism has gained prominence in our political, economic and social dynamics...

Ekiti: The Quiet Fountain

By Adeola Babajide ​As the countdown begins towards the June...